Re: CDTX vs. JPBX
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 08-23-2016 - 19:37
Dragoman Wrote:
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> OPRRMS Wrote:
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> > mook Wrote:
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> > > "Metrolink" is really just the advertising
> name
> > > for the system; the agency at one time (still
> > is?)
> > > was SCRRA.
> >
> > Yup, still is. SCRRA = Metrolink as NCTD =
> > Coaster.
> >
> > > Another example of "X" reporting marks for
> > > government-owned trains: CDTX for
> > Caltrans-owned
> > > stuff.
> >
> > And JPBX = Caltrain.
>
> So, maybe I am too dense for this discussion, but
> ...
>
> CDTX I understand - Caltrans owns equipment, but
> not trackage (and so is not a railroad).
>
> But the Joint Powers Board owns the San Francisco
> - San Jose line (at least as far as Santa Clara),
> right? So isn't it a railroad? So why JPBX?
It's the AAR reporting marks assigned its equipment. For example, Ace Train's equipment is assigned "HTSX" because Herzog is the contracted operator. Al explained the criteria in his post above.